Plow-standard



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W. II.`HODGSON..

PLOW STANDARD.

- l l No. 381,014. 'Patented Apr. 10,1888..

ATTORNEYS.

.To @Zw/wml it may concern: z YBe it known 'that I, WILLIAM WILLIAM HERBERT Honc'somfon wINoNA, MINNESOTA. j. fue

PLOW-STANDARD.

SPII(JIPICA'IIO'Ny forming part of l Letters Patent No'. 381,014, dated April 10, 18,88..`r

Application filed May 3, 1887. Renewed March 17, 1898. Serial No. 267,443. (No model.) N

HERBERT HODGSON, of Winona,in the countyof Winona and State of Minnesota, have invented anew and Improved Plow-Standard Union, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descrip f tion. Y

Thisinvention relates to an improved union, whereby a plow-standard may be 4connected to a beam, the parts being so arrangedthat the vertical angle of the bearnmay-be adj usted'as desired, a lateral adjustment of the beam being also provided for, all as will .be hereinafter more fully described, tand speciticall y pointed out in theclaims. l

Reference is tobe hadto the accom pauying? drawings, forming apart-ot' this specification, in which similar figures ofi reference'indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figurel is ja side View o'f a plow provided Y with my improved form ofr'union, the :parts being represented as they appear when used in connection with a wooden-beam plow. Fig. 2-is an enlargedview of the union, the keys being shown in section, and a yportion of. the

-cap through which the beam is passed being broken away. Fig';3isa cross-sectional view taken on line x x of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a crosssectional view taken on line y'yyof Fig.- 2; and Fig." 5 is a perspective View of the washer ernployed in connection with theforward retain-` In the drawings above referred. to, 10 rep-` resents the plow-standard, the upper end of which consistsof a concave-,faced plate, 11, that is formed'with a centralaperture, 12, and a second aperture, 13, said aperture 13 being formed near the forward end of the plate,`asY represented in the drawings; but this aperture.

plate 15, while therear ends of the plates are connected by a web, 16. l l

A cage, 17, is arranged between the plates 14 and 15, the side walls of this cage being broken away, as shown atv18,"'whilea diago-` nally-arranged cage, 19, having side'openings, 20,;is formed in advance of the cage 1,7. -jBosses 21,v having corrugated'faces 22, are arranged '155 at either side of the cage 17, the corrugations 22 running at right anglesto the 'generallength ot the plate 14, while in connectionwiththe n cage17 I form bosses 2-3, having corrugations 24, ,which run parallel with the length` `ot` the 6o plate 14.

4*The web25 o f the standard 10 is formedwith v a TIT-shaped opening, 26, the narrow portion of said opening registering with the aperture 12,-. that is formed inthe plate 11. Y locking key-bolt,27, they head ktif/which; is

broad enough to tit within the enlarged; porA l .tion of the opening 26, is passed up through the opening 12, through anv opening, 28, that is formed inthe plate 14, to be engaged by a 7o l wedge-shaped key30,-'saidfkey being formed with corrugationsI upon 'its lower side,:.and

thekey-bolt27 being'held from turning by the shoulders formed at the junctienofd'the v narrow and enlarged portions of 'theopeningsv 75 26, said shouldersutitting in recesses 31,-thati lare formed inthe key-bolt`27. 'f

A second key-bolt, 32, is'passed through the f forward opening, 13, lot' the plate 11,through f a large opening, 33,that is formed in theplate 8o V14andthrough an. opening that is formed in a corrugated-faced Washer,34, `the upper end of the key-bolt 32 being apertured iny .order that it may be engaged by aAwedge-like key,

35, while the corrugations of the washer- 34vr 85 lare arranged to iit within the corrugations 24 n 'of the bosses 23. v, y

As before stated, if thebearnof the plow'is .a metallic beam, the platek14 would be made r f i v integral therewith; but incase the beam is togo be ot'fwood theplate 15,whichisintegralwith,y

'the plate '14, rwould be provided with asleeve, 37, through whichV the beam of the plow would f be passed, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Inorde'r that a proper 'rigidity may be imparted to the'. 95

fplow, Ivform the standardwith an eye, 38, 'andvl X to this eye I connect brace-rods 39,'whichlex-l, j

tendto the plow-handles 40.

From the'construction described ywill be angle of the plow-beam the key-bolts 32 and ,y

.2 7 are disconnected and the beam is moved tor i seen that'if itis desired to changethe vertical roo v the required position The Wedge-like key 30 is then insertedand driven-to place, and theA key-bolt 32 is secured as above described; and if it is desired to change the lateral angle of the beam this may be done by changing the position of the washer 34; and it will also be seen that by my improved form of union I am able to use a wooden-beam plow and secure thereby all the clearance at the throat that is 4 to be had in a metal-beam plow, and at the same time I avoid all possible chance of catching Weeds or grass in the union.

If it is deemed advisable that the beam and v a plate on its upper end, having its upper surface made concave-both Vlongitudinally and transversely, and means `for connecting the standard to thesaid plate, substantially as described. I

2. The combination, witha plow-beam,ofa plate secured thereto and having its lower face convex longitudinally and transversely, a plow-standard formed with a plate on its upper end having its upper face concavelongitudinally and tra nsversely, and means for adjustably securing the standard to the plate on the plow-beam, substantially as 4herein shown and described.

The combination, with a yplow-beam, of a convex plate rigidly connected thereto,a`standard, a concave plate formedthereon, keybolts passing through the plates, and wedges arranged in connection with the bolts,substan tially as described.

4. The combination, with a plate, 15, of a 45 convex plate, 14, rigidly connected thereto, cages arranged between the two plates, transverse corrugations formed in connection with one of the cages and longitudinal corrugatious formed in connection with the other, a plow- 5o standard, a concave plate formed thereon, keybolts passing throughthe concave and convex plates, and wedges arranged in connection with the key-bolts, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a convex plate, 55

14, and a means for connecting said plate to a plow-beam, of transverse corrugations formed above said plate, a plow-Standard, a concave plate formed thereon, a key bolt passing through apertures formed in the concave and 6J convex plates, and a wedge arranged to pass through said key-bolt and engage with the corrugations formed in connection with the convex plate, substantially as described.

6. The combination, with a convexplatc, 65

14, anda means for connecting said plate with a plow-beam, of cages 17 and 19, transverse corrugations 22 and longitudinal corrugations 24, a plow-standard, a concave plate formed thereon, a T-shaped opening formed in the 7o web of the standard, a T-shaped key-bo1t, 27, formed with recesses 31, a wedge, 30, a keybolt, 32, a corrugated washer, 34, and a bolt, 35, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a plowbeam, of a 75 standard adjustably connected thereto and formed with an eye, 38, a plow-handle, and braces 39 leading from said handle to the eye 38, substantially as described.

VWILLIAM HERBERT HODGSON.

Vitnesses:

O. B. GOULD, A.. H. SNOW. 

